In the beauty universe, you could say the world spins around Pat McGrath. Over the course of her three-decade career, the prolific, self-taught makeup artist has worked with in-demand models (Naomi, Gisele, Cara, Kendall), major fashion houses (Christian Dior, Versace, Prada) and the top photographers (Steven Meisel counts her among his closest collaborators). A backstage fixture, McGrath can set trends with a wave of her hands — she famously prefers to work with her fingers instead of with brushes — and is nothing if not extremely versatile: dewy, no-makeup skin, custom-made Swarovski crystal face masks and feather-adorned eyelids and brows are all in her wheelhouse. In 2004, she was made global creative design director for Procter & Gamble Beauty, and last spring, Queen Elizabeth II named her a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to the fashion and beauty industries. (To celebrate, McGrath snapped her first selfie.) Here, a closer look at all things in McGrath’s orbit.
